# Oliver Bridge > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oliver_Bridge > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Oliver_Bridge.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Bridge > Source revision: 1285969406 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox bridge | name = Oliver Bridge | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = File:Oliver Bridge 3 2020-08-24.jpg | image_size=300 | alt = | caption = The eastern spans of the Oliver Bridge | coordinates = | carries = Single track rail line, Roadway | crosses = Saint Louis River | locale = Gary – New Duluth | official_name = | other_name = | named_for = | owner = Canadian National Railway | maint = | heritage = | id = | id_type = | website = | preceded = | followed = | design = | material = Steel truss | material1 = | material2 = | length = 1,900 feet | width = | height = | depth = | traversable = | towpath = | mainspan = | number_spans = | piers_in_water = | load = | clearance_above = | clearance_below = | lanes = | life = | num_track = | track_gauge = | structure_gauge = | electrification = | architect = | designer = | contracted_designer = | winner = | engineering = | builder = Interstate Transfer Railway Company | fabricator = | begin = | complete = | cost = | open = 1916 | inaugurated = | rebuilt = | collapsed = | closed = | replaces = | replaced_by = | traffic = | toll = | map_type = | map_relief = | map_dot_label = | map_image = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = }} The '''Oliver Bridge''' is a bridge across the [Saint Louis River](/source/Saint_Louis_River_(Lake_Superior_tributary)). It was constructed in 1910 as a railway bridge{{cite web |title=Oliver Bridge (Bridge 6544) |url=https://www.dot.state.mn.us/historicbridges/6544.html |website=Minnesota Department of Transportation |access-date=April 30, 2022}} by the Interstate Transfer Railway Company, a Wisconsin corporation, under special federal authorization from the [60th United States Congress](/source/60th_United_States_Congress).{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} A lower deck carrying road traffic was constructed in 1917 It connects the [Gary – New Duluth](/source/Gary_%E2%80%93_New_Duluth) neighborhood in [Duluth](/source/Duluth%2C_Minnesota), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota) with the village of [Oliver](/source/Oliver%2C_Wisconsin), [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin). The bridge is {{convert|1889|ft|m}} long and is principally of [steel truss](/source/Truss_bridge) construction. The upper deck carries a single track rail line and a lower deck carries the road connecting [Wisconsin Highway 105](/source/Wisconsin_Highway_105) to [Minnesota State Highway 39](/source/Minnesota_State_Highway_39).{{cite web| last = Bessert| first = Christopher J.| title = Wisconsin Highways| year = 2008| url = http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys100-109.html| access-date = 2008-03-11}} The upper deck was built to allow a [streetcar](/source/streetcar) line to be constructed from Gary–New Duluth to south [Superior](/source/Superior%2C_Wisconsin) connecting the Duluth and Superior streetcar systems. The line was never built and the systems were connected across the [Twin Ports](/source/Twin_Ports) Harbor. On the Oliver side, a section of the bridge was built to swing, allowing passage of large vessels despite the river only being navigable for a few miles upstream of the bridge. Only one vessel is ever thought to have used this facility, a ferry excursion boat operating between the Duluth harbor and the [Fond du Lac](/source/Fond_du_Lac_(Duluth)) neighborhood of Duluth. The ferry service ceased in the 1930s and the swing section has not operated since. The road deck was originally a wooden deck. Modernization came in 2000 when both states' transportation departments ([WisDOT](/source/WisDOT) and [Mn/DOT](/source/Mn%2FDOT)) cooperated with the [Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway](/source/Duluth%2C_Missabe_and_Iron_Range_Railway) to jointly fund a reconstruction of the roadway surface, which is constructed of a stronger steel with a reinforced concrete deck. A weight restriction, which was lowered to one ton as the road deck deteriorated, was then lifted. A pedestrian walkway atop the railway deck fell into disrepair and is no longer usable. The Oliver Bridge is owned by the [Canadian National Railway](/source/Canadian_National_Railway). ==References== {{reflist}} {{Crossings navbox |structure = Bridges |place = [Saint Louis River](/source/Saint_Louis_River_(Lake_Superior_tributary)) |bridge = Oliver Bridge |bridge signs = 25px 25px 25px |upstream = [Biauswah Bridge](/source/Biauswah_Bridge) |upstream signs = 25px |downstream = [Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge](/source/Richard_I._Bong_Memorial_Bridge) |downstream signs = 25px }} {{coord|46|39|24|N|92|12|7|W|type:landmark|display=title}} Category:Swing bridges in the United States Category:Road bridges in Minnesota Category:Bridges completed in 1910 Category:Railroad bridges in Wisconsin Category:Railroad bridges in Minnesota Category:Road-rail bridges in the United States Category:Road bridges in Wisconsin Category:Steel bridges in the United States Category:Buildings and structures in Duluth, Minnesota Category:Buildings and structures in Douglas County, Wisconsin --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Oliver Bridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Bridge) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Bridge?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.